"The AFIFF association family familial insomnia fatale-prion diseases is a non-profit association based in Treviso, which promotes and disseminates knowledge of prion diseases and in particular fatal familial insomnia,,,"

"Familial fatal insomnia is a rare genetic disease due to structural alterations of particular proteins, called prionics, which tend to accumulate in the brain, particularly in the region that controls the alternation of sleep and wakefulness..."